Star Trails

I pointed my camera at the North Star to see if I would get some star trails with a long exposure. It worked, but it really needs to be done at a place where there aren't street lights and automobiles driving past. The lower edge shows this extraneous light that it picked up, with a street light on both sides, just out of the frame and below the bottom.

But not bad considering I was trying to use a broken camera. The shutter curtain was loose, so I taped it out of the way and just took the lens cap off when I was ready to start my exposure.

Camera: Minolta X-7A No. 1
Lens: Minolta MD 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100, 35mm B&W
Aperture: f/4
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 2 hours and 3 minutes
Date: December 22nd, 2019, 2.51-4.54 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals @68 degrees:
Presoak: 2 minutes
Adox Adonal Stand: 1+150 for 1 hour and 30 minutes
Ilford lfostop: 1 minute
Ilford Hypam Fixer: 8 minutes
Water rinse: 2 minutes

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